Friday, April 17, 2015

Earlier this week a student of mine asked me for a few suggestions for summer reading. She was currently reading The Scarlet Letter and wanted to know which "classic" she should read next. IT was actually quite fun to put together a list of books that have stayed with me. Some of them I want to now go back and reread.

I started with a regular sized post-it note. Three post-its later I realized that was illogical and switched to a large, lined note card. When it became apparent that wasn't going to work, I typed the whole mess up. Since posting about this on Instagram (because that's how I roll...) I've had several people ask for a copy. SO, what follows is what I gave to my student. And I'm proud to say that yesterday she came to class, fresh from the library, toting a copy of Anna Karenina under her arm.

I'd love to get suggestions from ya'll of books to add or that I may have forgotten to list.

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So, I may have gone a little overboard, but I started
writing titles and I would think of another title, then another and another...
It was sort of a domino effect. Not all of these titles are “classics” in the
sense that they’re really old, but they’re classics in the sense that they’re
good books.

* Books I have already read. The others are on my list to
read. Many of these books have film (sometimes multiple) adaptions. Many of
these may also be available for free download or from Barnes and Noble classics
series for $3-$5 apiece. The county library will definitely have most, if not
all of these titles.